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My guess is that it's just randomly selecting from a list of names with equal probability, rather than weighting them based on how common they are. So all of th
by nollidge 13y ago
My guess is that it's just randomly selecting from a list of names with equal probability, rather than weighting them based on how common they are. So all of these long-tail names are coming up way more often than you'd find in a phone book.
- zeidrich 13y agoYeah, similar is when you get names from Canada and look at the cities. The first one I get is from Weagamow, ON, which is a North Caribou Lake Indian reservation, with like 900 people in it. The second I get is from Cornwall, ON, a small city of 45k people, the next is from Orangeville, ON another town of 30k people. Then Wawa, ON, a town of 3k people. Meanwhile, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal are all unrepresented. I just got a person from Byemoor Alberta, a hamlet of 35 people. It says she lives on 1304, 90th Ave, but there's a 1 Ave, a 2 Ave, a 1 St, and a 1 St North. Definitely no 90th Ave.